tinynerd 2018-08-14 06:36
Great entry although the controls aren't that responsive.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD42 → Journey of the Crab
By maoap
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1170 | 2.72 | 26 | |
| Fun | 1068 | 2.70 | 26 | |
| Innovation | 1269 | 1.89 | 26 | |
| Theme | 1264 | 1.95 | 26 | |
| Graphics | 1115 | 2.39 | 26 | |
| Audio | 746 | 2.31 | 24 | |
| Humor | 608 | 2.56 | 25 | |
| Mood | 974 | 2.58 | 25 |
Great entry although the controls aren't that responsive.
@tinynerd Thanks :) However, I don't know why your controls aren't responsive, because for me it is working perfectly. Weren't you in the air (meaning not standing on platform, but still in water) already? (when you are just going you can be pushed up into the air because of the slopy character of platforms)
@maoap Yeah... Probably because of the sloppy platforms. Maybe it looked like I was standing on a platform, but I was actually falling down after a bump... or something like that :spy:
Nice Game ! Tricky controls maybe because of the shape of the plateforms, Godd work especially since you did it alone ! :)
A good game idea, the music should be improved. The graphics are good. But our game is better)))
@awix Thanks :) I know the music is my drawback, but I haven't find any tool, I would be contend with, yet.
fun game, but it is hard to control
@yulia Thanks, it was intended to make it harder than just jumping, also considering small inequalities on platforms :) I personally like it, but it seems that it wasn't a good game design decision =D
Hard to control. Sometimes I can't jump and move at the same time.
Funny game:)
Like the sprites. Sometimes it's difficult to controll:)
Neat game- just need to improve the controls a bit.
Yeah, nice to see another crab :) It is sometimes hard to jump as the player is often slightly above the ground, it causes some frustration when platforming. I would have also liked the screen to be a bit bigger, I don't like not seeing where I'm going to land when jumping.
Gotta say, that crab really made me smile!
I think you could do a bit more responsive and fluid controls - I didn't had many problems with it, but they didn't feel "right". Platformer games make us used to some more velocity and arc-like jumping - here, I really had to follow what you said in the help screen and jump, then press directional keys. Except for that, all good!
A fun little platformer with timing constraint. I like the design of the crab and the food. The control is sometimes off, like I press jump but it doesnt jump.. Music is not bad, if I were to do a compo I won't even be able to make music. Overall, great job with the compo, you have done quite a lot in 48 hours. P/S. I didnt know TextMeshPro even counts for an asset until you say it, yes it is not built in the engine! T_T
I encountered some collision problems (once I got stuck inside a wall and died), and the graphics could be better. If you can't make good art, I'd recommend making minimalist art instead of bad art. Alright, I'm done with the negativity! :sweat_smile: Apart from that, pretty solid entry. I had a lot of fun playing through it.
@zessirb Thanks! My first idea was, that someone should play it more times to learn the track and then do it easily. So thats why the screen is small. However, it was too hard, so I simplified tracks and let the as is. So thats a relic of previous design decision, an I personally still like that :)
@outstar Thanks! Well, this is my first platformer, and now I see that the idea of small slopes in platforms wasn't good. The controls work fine on absolutely flat platforms (even one flat slope platform etc.), but in the game aren't any :)
@nam-nguyen Thanks! However, I was doing jam instead of compo ;) I really like how bold you can make your texts in TextMeshPro and thats the main reason I use this :)
@nnnikki Thanks! I know about this issue, I encountered it maybe five times. However, I tried to solve it, but I couldn't find where is the problem. I have my tip (edge collider), however I wasn't able to replicate the bug =D It just sometimes happened. To the art - I know =D But I have more fun with this art than with the minimalist one :)
Thank you for sharing your game with me. I played it on my stream tonight at https://www.twitch.tv/saoigames
I have rated your game, but all of my feedback was captured in the stream. It was in the middle.
You can hear my comments in the archive at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/299357576?t=02h33m35s
@saoi-games Thank you too :)
Cool game! I remember making a game similar to this years ago, where you were a crab trying to collect bubbles. The art style is pretty similar too :P Well done!